[Lightstalkers] If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:54:33 +0000

I am sure many of you know about the Oculi photographers based in Australia. But whether you have or havent, you might want to look at their site and study all the different ideas that are to found there. Among some of the unusual themes we have Horse Culture round the world by Glenn Hunt, a story called Almost Home by Nick Cubbin, Narelle Autio's Seventh Wave (a collaborative effort with Trent Parke), well the list just goes on and on. Excellent work

"HERE":http://www.oculi.com.au/ is the site.

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 07:51:12 +0000

Jon: Tamara V, one of the founders, is now a member of LS...(and f course Oculi rocks)......check my Network, you'll find her ;)))))...have wanted to start a group like Oculi since I first saw Parke and Autio's work a few years back...but Oculi (for me) is like a young VII/VU....big props to them...bob

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 07:51:50 +0000

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 07:58:19 +0000

Actually I had been looking for their site previously but never found it. I stumbled on it today because I happened to read Tamara's response to Jukka's Day in the Life of LS Members post "HERE":http://www.lightstalkers.org/really-important-thing-20060510#26399

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 08:09:51 +0000

The oculi collective (Australian based photographers) has been in existence since 2001 and the site is updated monthly (1st day of each month) www.oculi.com.au with new singles or stories... Best Wishes, Tamara

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 08:26:18 +0000

Hi! Oculi members on LS are: Tamara Voninski Jeremy Piper Jesse Marlow Nick Moir Warren Clarke You can access them all thru my network. Join the mailing list at www.oculi.com.au for our monthly newsletter :-)

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 13:57:56 +0000

So welcome Tamara, Jeremy, Jesse, Nick and Warren. Love your work, sorry it took so long for me to find the site. IMHO what you are all doing is the epitome of photographic imagination and serves as a great example of the breadth of themes that exist if one only stops to think about them. It made my day.

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Thu, 11 May 2006 21:16:15 +0000

Jon: i couldnt agree more. I've loved the work at Occuli since I discovered parke/autio's 7th wave and stumbled on the groups.....I actually prefer the work to many of the big name collectives, 'cause hell, theyre MY generation! :))))...another (for me) example of why we shouldnt aspire to Magnum/VII/VU (not offense John Vink and Ron Haviv ;))))) ), but must create our own, like Aranxta et. al did with Verasimages and the powerful women at EVE (and all you other LS members)....to all the Oculi LS members: MAY YOUR CHOOKS TURN INTO EMUS AND KICK YOUR DUNNY DOWN! ;))))...(I hope this is a good think, I read it in a Peter Carey novel, I think, and thought it sounded great....CHEERS, bob

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Mon, 15 May 2006 22:02:08 +0000

some very, very sweet stuff....thanks for the heads up

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Mon, 15 May 2006 23:51:01 +0000

I've been a fan from the beginning. Also check out In-Public where several of the Oculi image makers are featured as well.

There's to be a major show opening at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art this month that features several of these photographers and myself. It's called "CROSSWALKS: Contemporary Street Photography. I hope it'll travel.

The work at Oculi is sumptuous plus plus.

Re: If You Havent Seen This Work, You Ought To

Tue, 16 May 2006 14:58:02 +0000

I've been checking out the oculi site since 2003. What else can I say? It's light done right.